Danish Muslims Have New Weapon In Cartoon Wars: Lawsuits!

Danish Muslim groups are to report Denmark to the UN Commissioner on Human Rights for failing to prosecute the newspaper that first published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

The 27 Muslim groups also plan to sue the newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, for defamation in a Danish court, according to their lawyer, Michael Christiani Havemann.

"Denmark is obliged through the UN to secure the civil rights of its citizens," Havemann said by telephone. "The national prosecutor wonâ€™t pursue the case and, therefore, acts as a barrier to justice to the complainants."

Henning Fode, Denmarkâ€™s director of public prosecutions, announced on Wednesday that he would not charge Jyllands-Posten, ruling that the drawings it published last September did not violate Denmarkâ€™s laws against blasphemy and racist speech.

Mr Fode said that the cartoons could be considered an affront to the Prophet, but did not break Danish law.

Ruth Bader Ginsberg is right-- we certainly should be incorporating more foreign law into the American Constitution. They're, like, so advanced 'n stuff.